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LONDON: The BBC has secured rights for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 and will broadcast every game across TV, radio and online.

LONDON: FremantleMedia International (FMI) has struck a distribution deal with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland.

PREMIUM: Casten Almqvist—who heads up Bonnier's broadcasting business unit, which houses free-TV and pay-TV assets—recently restructured his businesses to keep pace with changes in technology and consumer habits.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned a tenth season of the comedy series Benidorm, which is currently in its ninth run on the channel.

LONDON: Virgin Media has licensed Imposters, which recently launched in the U.S. as a Bravo original series.

LONDON: Channel 4 today has taken a minority stake in the British VR business Parable, which also counts as launch investors Stephen Lambert and The Economist.

BERLIN: Netflix has come on board as co-producer for TROY: Fall of a City, Black Earth Rising and The Spy, upping its commitment to European productions.

PREMIUM: ATRESMEDIA Televisión’s director general, Javier Bardají, explains to World Screen Newsflash that a key factor in his stations’ ratings successes has been a steadfast commitment to quality programming.

STOCKHOLM: MTG and The Walt Disney Company Nordic are continuing their long-term content partnership, which includes the carriage of Disney Channel.

LONDON: ITV's ad revenues dipped 3 percent, though the British broadcaster still saw revenue growth for the full-year 2016.